Shrek in ‘Manor Lords’ makes dev see the potential for mods

Not every PC game has official mod support, but after seeing Shrek terrorising villagers in Manor Lords, the dev has admitted “you can’t deny the potential”.

Manor Lords has taken the gaming world by storm. The early-access city builder has been downloaded more than a million times and hit an all-time concurrent player peak of 171,178. Some fans have begun adding their own spin to the medieval game, with one putting Shrek into it to chase the poor villagers around.

As spotted by GamesRadar, the Manor Lords Twitter account amplified the video with a quote tweet, writing “This made my day today. (Note: modding isn’t officially supported yet but you can’t deny the potential after seeing this)”.

One commenter replied, “Modding imo (once supported) could blow this into City:Skylines proportions, with creators making development of different cultural cities available.”

The idea of different types of Medieval settlement being added to Manor Lords is an exciting one, even if it’s just a cosmetic difference. It would also be interesting to see different geographical locations, such as deserts or mountains, added (either by mods or official updates).

This is what happens when you don’t get out of my swamp pic.twitter.com/uDALYp2ruL

— One Proud Bavarian (@ProudBavaria) May 5, 2024

Some are looking forward to sacrificing their militia while roleplaying Lord Farquaad, while others want video game crossovers so they can make fiefs based on the lore of The Witcher.

Manor Lords is being developed by solo-run Slavic Magic. Developer Greg Styczeń has previously said he’s hoping to involve the community in shaping the future of the game’s trade system, which some believe is currently too easy to abuse to get rich quick. He could try something like GTA 5‘s player-driven stock market, but that led to a lot of inside trading, so maybe a different approach is needed.

In other news, Helldivers 2 has had a lot of its negative reviews turned around following Sony walking back a controversial decision that led to the game being unlisted in over 150 countries.